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Hannover Messe 2022
We are happy to announce that we have been chosen as one on the Top 40 young tech companies to represent The Netherlands at the Netherlands Innovation square. We are excited to meet everyone in person again, and to exhibit at this fair filled with the best of the best...
Polymer Optics 101
Introduction to Polymer Polymer, one of the most used materials worldwide and exists commonly in everyday life is also a great alternative to glass materials for optical components. Many up and coming industries are incorporating polymer as their main optical...
Big or Small; We Can Do It All!
We talk a lot about our process and capabilities, but what better way to show what Addoptics is capable of than with our sample lenses. Our process can manufacture lenses from 3mm all the way to 150mm; which can contain micro elements down to 0,1mm. ...
Addoptics: Who Are We?
We are Addoptics, a Rotterdam based optical component manufacturing company specialising in complex optical design production. Our process is a first of its kind, and something we are very proud of. But how did Addoptics start? Our co-founders Joris Biskop and Lucas...
The 5 Easy Steps of Ordering From Addoptics
These are the 5 quick steps for ordering with Addoptics: The first step, after finding us of course, is to contact us. How do you do this? Well there are multiple ways: either email [email protected] or fill out the contact form on our website. The customer support...
Traditional Manufacturing vs. Digital Manufacturing
Traditional Manufacturing: What is it? The traditional way of manufacturing optics is known as injection moulding. This is a process that uses a special machine which three parts: the injection unit, the mould and the clamp. Molten plastic is injected into an aspheric...
Custom Optics: From Prototyping to Series Production
Addoptics Manufacturing - Then and Now We have always valued our fast lead times, cost-effectiveness, and ability to create complex, custom optics. However, there was something missing. We decided to work towards being able to offer series production to our customers,...
Addoptics bridges the gap between prototyping and series production!
We are happy to announce that we can now scale to series production! We have been continuously improving our production process at our headquarters. Until recently we only focused on lightning-fast prototyping, but we were always looking into ways to expand on our...
Addoptics at CES 2022
Addoptics will be traveling to the CES 2022 in Las Vegas. This January the biggest Consumer Electronics conference, CES®, will take place in Las Vegas. CES is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. After attending the...